Indian recipe - lemon rice (elumicham sadam)

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Preparation Time:

20 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

Cost:

Main Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup
Lemon - 2 medium sized
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 2
Oil - 11/2 tbsp
Chopped ginger - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Finely cut curry leaves - 1 tbsp
For Seasoning:
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Black gram dal - 1 tsp
Bengal gram dal - 1 tsp
Broken cashew nuts - 2 tsps

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Cook rice and allow it to cool. Spread out the rice and sprinkle turmeric powder evenly on top, while the rice is still hot. Heat oil and fry the seasonings, add cut red chillies and fry for a minute. Pour over cooled rice with enough salt. Squeeze lemon juice and mix well by adding ginger and asafoetida. Garnish with curry leaves.